China expresses sympathy to Panama over 7.6-magnitude earthquake
China expresses sympathies to the Panamanian government and people in the affected region, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said on Saturday after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck Panama.
As of now, there is no report of casualties involving Chinese nationals in the earthquake, the spokesperson confirmed.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese Embassy in Panama will continue to closely monitor the situation and promptly provide necessary assistance to Chinese nationals in need, the spokesperson said, reminding Chinese nationals in Panama to take precautions against secondary hazards caused by the earthquake.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
